Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California

The authors developed a framework combining the Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) system and the SALMOD population dynamics model with climate data to identify critical temperature and streamflow thresholds for spring-run Chinook salmon in California. This approach aims to evaluate management adaptations to protect salmon, which are vulnerable to rising summer river pool temperatures before autumn spawning.

• Spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are susceptible to climate change because adult fish hold in river pools during the summer, where temperatures increase prior to their autumn spawning.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2010). Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California. https://www.sei.org/publications/water-management-adaptations-aquatic-ecosystem-services-changing-climate-analytical-framework-case-study-chinook-salmon-california/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California. 2010. https://www.sei.org/publications/water-management-adaptations-aquatic-ecosystem-services-changing-climate-analytical-framework-case-study-chinook-salmon-california/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2010water, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Water Management Adaptations for Aquatic Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate: Analytical Framework and Case Study of Chinook Salmon in California}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2010}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/water-management-adaptations-aquatic-ecosystem-services-changing-climate-analytical-framework-case-study-chinook-salmon-california/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }